I first introduced the 10 Little Rubber Ducks last year. Thanks to Miss Enigma we are revisiting today. At the beginning of the book is the news article that inspired Eric Carle to write the story of the 10 Little Rubber Ducks, ” . . . a shipment of 29,000 rubber bathtub toys, including ducks . . . fell overboard from a container ship.” What an excellent example of the writing process for children to learn how ideas for stories begin. This would even be a good lesson for teenage students. They can clip a news article and write a fictional story inspired by the article.

As always, Eric Carle fills the pages of the book with nonfiction concepts. This time around, the 10 Little Rubber Ducks teach us ordinal numbers: first, second, third . . . . Spacial vocabulary is also introduced: west, east, north, south, left, right, up, down . . . . The story gives the children the opportunity to get-up and act-out the story. This makes an easy little Reader’s Theater with rubber ducks and ocean animals moving left, right, up, down . . . .

Sunday night Miss Enigma presented me with a gift. A little yellow duck she had drawn, colored and cut-out.

Monday morning she announced that for homeschool she was going to preform a puppet show about The Five Little Ducks.

Next thing I knew, she was in our homeschool closet digging through her board books.

“I found it! I found the Five Little Ducks.”

On the spot, I decided this would be a homeschool day where I followed Miss Enigma’s lead.

After calendar time, I read aloud The Five Little Ducks and The 10 Little Rubber Ducks.

With spring and Easter right around the corner, I thought I would share Miss Enigma’s duck day.

About this time last year I was preparing for my teacher training trip to Cambodia.The 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle was one of the books I purchased for the teachers. I also made a simple printable book for the Cambodian teachers.

Today was the day! I incorporated 10 Little Rubber Ducks and the printable counting book into Miss Enigma’s school day.

I created several versions of the printable 10 Little Ducks book. Some easier than others. Some more focused on reading and some more focused on counting.

I always say teaching and especially homeschooling is about being flexible. I have to admit, some days I’m more flexible than others. I try to strike a balance between following our daily schedule, building a strong foundation and letting the children follow their own interests. I’m happy I took the time to let Miss Enigma plan her duck day!

I am usually prepared when it comes to doing art play with the kids, but it’s art “play” for a reason..with kids, anything can happen to change the moment and I welcome that. You never know what may come of a sudden change in plans!

I’m definitely a more go-with-the flow kind of person, but I try to strike a balance by keeping a schedule for our family and trying to stick with it (nothing very rigid, but regular meal times and bedtimes, and things like that …).

I love to make grand plans for the future, but I’d say only a tiny fraction actually come to fruition! On a day to day basis, it seems like we just run around like chickens. I don’t know if that counts as “going with the flow” since to me that implies a more relaxed state-of-mind than what I, at least, manage to achieve.

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